Default state

swifty1 · #1 01-28-2009, 09:30 AM

I need to do a slight tweak to my site i have searched this forum but there seems to be no full answers given. What i would like to do is on the customer registration page the county/state box defaults to the first alaphbetical name in the list, some customers are leaving the county/state at the default setting which is not correct for their address.
My solution is to create another state which will then be the default with a blank box (no text). Where is the list of county's/states in x-cart and will this work.

Tony

Rob_D · #2 01-28-2009, 02:30 PM

The States and Countries are in your admin/management menu.

I added a state "**please select**". I made the state abbr. AA, so if sorted alphabetically, it would be at the top.

Make sure to check all browsers, because the javascript is handled differently. I beleive one of them (firefox I think) sorts by the primary field in the database, so you have to do a little manipulation.

Rob

swifty1 · #3 01-29-2009, 09:21 AM

Thanks Rob are you saying that i can edit the list in admin if so where is the list as i have checked all the sub menu's under admin/managment and don't have the list of states, may be i am missing a sub menu as i have had in the past because of a incompetent installation.

Tony

Rob_D · #4 01-29-2009, 09:35 AM

Yes. In mine, it is just under "countries". A menu called "states". Just above "stop list"

Rob

swifty1 · #5 01-29-2009, 10:58 AM

It looks like i don't have that sub menu do you know how i can enable that sub menu.

Tony

Rob_D · #6 01-29-2009, 03:16 PM

I am sorry, Tony, I don't. It was there when I installed Xcart. I am pretty new at this stuff. Hopefully an expert can jump in here.

Rob

swifty1 · #7 01-30-2009, 07:04 AM

Thanks Rob i have a feeling it may be supposed to be in skin1/admin/menu.tpl, if it is i do not have the states.tpl so i will need the code,can anybody help me out with this one.

Cheers Tony

balinor · #8 01-30-2009, 07:32 AM

<a href="{$catalogs.admin}/states.php" class="VertMenuItems">{$lng.lbl_states}</a><br />

Goes in skin1/admin/menu.tpl

swifty1 · #9 01-30-2009, 07:55 AM

Thanks again Balinor it works a treat, what i don't understand is i have just had my site upgraded to 4.1.11 by x-cart so why was the states sub menu still missing.
For anybody who reads this thread i cut and paste the code supplied by balinor into skin1/admin/menu.tpl below
{include file="modules/Stop_List/stop_list_menu.tpl"}<br />

Cheers Tony

balinor · #10 01-30-2009, 07:57 AM

If it was removed before they upgraded, upgrading wouldn't have added it back. Upgrading just edits code in existing files, it doesn't replace files.